General Information
The project
The project aims to build homes for people who lost their houses after the earthquakes on February 6th, 2023. To ensure our design is research-based, we participated in numerous meetings, conferences, and presentations with experts worldwide, during the last year.
In addition, we conducted three field trips where we connected with local municipalities, communities, voluntary projects, and universities, and carried out interviews. During these visits, we observed urban-rural displacement, long-term rebuilding efforts in villages, a lack of awareness, and concerns about current building practices. This is why our project focuses on long term affordable housing solutions, with the use of modular materials.
Want to learn more? Watch our video or explore the three phases of our project.
Project Timeline
Phase 1 | Knowledge
In phase one, we focused mainly on gaining and sharing knowledge about architectural recovery and to design possible solutions under the guidance of experts and specialists from various disciplines. For this, we organised a workshop week from 20 – 24 March.
The outcome of this workshop week were 60 students designing 12 concept designs, under the guidance of many lecturers, experts and firms.
Earthquakes Türkiye and Syria
Beginning of START
Workshop Week | Syrian Turkish Architectural Recovery workshop week
Phase 2 | The Design
In phase two, we are working on the design. It’s essential to connect and align with many different stakeholder in order to fully understand the challenges they are facing. Especially the needs of local inhabitants should be taken into account when designing new homes. The design team is developing modular, long-term housing solutions by implementing local materials, flexibility and culture into the design. To validate this phase, a full scale prototype will be tested Delft University of Technology and later on build and tested in the Karsu village in Hatay. (In progress). In the below timeline, a glimpse of the past year is given, if you would like to know more about a specific event, feel free to get in touch with us!
Defining next steps for the Architectural Recovery Team & ARCELIK & Follow up drinks
Start Designing and Keep learning & Nomination student initiative of the year
Fieldtrip #1
Defining problem statement & design concepts
University Presentations (Extreme & Core & Board of examinors) & Borusan Events & Branding agency Bray St. Workshops
Start Designing & Advise councils & First meetings with advise group of Municipality of Amsterdam & VNGI & Cultural Relations Program Madrid
Fieldtrip #2 & Design Reveal & BK LAUNCH award & Meetings Moroccan Team
During our second visit, our main focus lied on choosing a specific village, making all the connections with local stakeholders and viewing the different plots where our first prototype could be build.
Media | Jeroen Pauw documantary
Design Sessions
Remembering one year Earthquake | TV scenes
Definitive Design, BAU Business fiar & Climate Contest TU Delft, Network events Meeting our financial goal!
Izmir & meetings with ACIL & AIA | Conference Ali Hocek
Meetings with our first partners: Derix, Rothoblaas, and Vitra. Turkiye Reconstruction Event, Organised by the Dutch Ambassy
Trip to London: meeting Bureau Happold, Foster and Partners
Summer design sessions with the whole team
Arranging legal papers, transportation, and finances.
Fieldtrip #3 | Hatay
Finalising Partners and introducing them: mentional all partners
Definitive Design: final design
Building the Core Unit | Planning towards the building process of the CORE Unit.
Follow our next steps towards the building of the prototype which will be completed in April 2025
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Phase 3 | The Construction
As the Architectural Recovery Team, we understand that finding suitable housing is crucial. That is why we believe in working hand in hand with the community to identify the best solutions for their needs. That is why, based on the outcomes of the tests and research made before, during and after the prototype is completed, we hope to improve this prototype and scale up the project to reach more families in need in Hatay, Türkiye. The prototype, will be improved, and used as an example for upcoming sites. The houses will be built in collaboration with local construction firms and builders. The prototype can be implemented in the same village, but also in other villages surrounding Antakya, and Samadağ in Hatay.